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Post by scheme00 on May 17, 2018 23:47:28 GMT
Hey guys. Wanted to give an update. A little over a week ago I dumped the girl I was seeing for 4 months because she lied about going out of town. She said she understood and here we are one week later. I found out through some social media detective work that she's now on vacation in the caribbean with her ex husband. SO it looks like the whole reason all this happened was because her ex husband had been trying to get her back and was successful. Although it sucks, she was married with this man and together with him for a total of 13 years, they have a child together so I don't think I have much reason to be angry. We had a fun 4 months together but how am i supposed to compete with that bond? He's also a famous athlete, so combine all that and I don't think I stood much of a chance really. I will be TOTALLY honest here and just say that i do not hope it works out for them. It has not in the past and hope that she will see all of his shortcomings again sooner rather than later. I know thats my bruised ego talking but I'm owning it.
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Post by tnr9 on May 18, 2018 1:52:56 GMT
Hey guys. Wanted to give an update. A little over a week ago I dumped the girl I was seeing for 4 months because she lied about going out of town. She said she understood and here we are one week later. I found out through some social media detective work that she's now on vacation in the caribbean with her ex husband. SO it looks like the whole reason all this happened was because her ex husband had been trying to get her back and was successful. Although it sucks, she was married with this man and together with him for a total of 13 years, they have a child together so I don't think I have much reason to be angry. We had a fun 4 months together but how am i supposed to compete with that bond? He's also a famous athlete, so combine all that and I don't think I stood much of a chance really. I will be TOTALLY honest here and just say that i do not hope it works out for them. It has not in the past and hope that she will see all of his shortcomings again sooner rather than later. I know thats my bruised ego talking but I'm owning it. I don't understand...you broke up with her. Sounds more like a hurt child's perspective rather than an adult.
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Post by scheme00 on May 18, 2018 2:43:35 GMT
I broke up with her only because I caught her lying to me. I did not want it to end. Clearly she was working things out with the ex. You’re right, my hurt inner child is angry 😉
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Post by tnr9 on May 18, 2018 2:50:56 GMT
I broke up with her only because I caught her lying to me. I did not want it to end. Clearly she was working things out with the ex. You’re right, my hurt inner child is angry 😉 Scheme..I really think you have an opportunity to uncover some deep beliefs and wounds and change them...stay with the angry child but release this woman....why is the child angry? Seriously....don't get stuck on "her" because she is just a symptom and you will lose a chance to work on the deeper stuff if you simply make this about her.
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Post by scheme00 on May 18, 2018 2:56:03 GMT
I agree with you but I don’t know what else I can do. I’ve tried all types of therapy. Multiple therapists and even went to do a psychedelic drug to work on this stuff but it hasn’t gone away. Granted this would have made me suicidal a few years ago. Now I’m just sad for a few weeks. Unfortunately I don’t think there will ever be a way for me to heal these deep rooted abandonment issues.
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Post by tnr9 on May 18, 2018 3:07:06 GMT
I agree with you but I don’t know what else I can do. I’ve tried all types of therapy. Multiple therapists and even went to do a psychedelic drug to work on this stuff but it hasn’t gone away. Granted this would have made me suicidal a few years ago. Now I’m just sad for a few weeks. Unfortunately I don’t think there will ever be a way for me to heal these deep rooted abandonment issues. So..honestly..give yourself a break...patterns don't develop in a vacuum....I actually like to be a curious about myself..not staring at belly button curious, but more along the lines of...I am feeling really angry about this situation...did I ever experience this kind of anger when I was a child? Just a thought of a way you could approach it. Getting back to the situation....if there is a way you can detach from it, that would be helpful because it seems to me you have a lot of rawness over it which is not helping you...this is just an observation.
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Post by yasmin on May 18, 2018 11:11:25 GMT
I hope this gives you the clarity you need to move on.
In some of these cases, what I read doesn't sound like love. It sounds like obsession. If you cared about this woman truly then you would definitely want her to be happy.
You'll never be happy unless what you want is someone who wants and loves you back.
Obsessing so much about someone who doesn't return it feels like avoidance.
It's a way to avoid really having a loving and reciprocal relationship.
You're so fixated on the past or the impossible that it frees you from actually living.
I can understand being a bit obsessed or depressed at the end of a long relationship or marriage - but reating like this and giving so much of your life to a 16 or 17 week relationship wit someone emotionally unavailable?
Ahh. You will be old one day and regret it.
Have fun. Go out. Meet a girl who's available and thinks you're awesome.
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Post by tnr9 on May 18, 2018 13:01:19 GMT
I hope this gives you the clarity you need to move on. In some of these cases, what I read doesn't sound like love. It sounds like obsession. If you cared about this woman truly then you would definitely want her to be happy. You'll never be happy unless what you want is someone who wants and loves you back. Obsessing so much about someone who doesn't return it feels like avoidance. It's a way to avoid really having a loving and reciprocal relationship. You're so fixated on the past or the impossible that it frees you from actually living. I can understand being a bit obsessed or depressed at the end of a long relationship or marriage - but reating like this and giving so much of your life to a 16 or 17 week relationship wit someone emotionally unavailable? Ahh. You will be old one day and regret it. Have fun. Go out. Meet a girl who's available and thinks you're awesome. Yes...absolutely truthful Yasmin....and I find that I usually can't move beyond what is "familiar" until I figure out why I am locked so deeply onto someone. And it isn't usually the person, it is what the person represents. For instance, I have a really rotten self belief that if a person I have feelings for doesn't have feelings back..that that somehow is a personal affront..that somehow that speaks into my worth and value....which it doesn't, the adult knows that, the child part doesn't....so I either have to get angry at the other person, or angry at myself and usually it is a combination of the 2. Why didn't he return my feelings when I did such and such.....that is wanting to be special in the eyes of someone I have chosen, Why did I chose the wrong person again, what is wrong with me that is the other side of the coin....and I will vacillate between those perspectives....but that is just me.
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Post by DearLover on May 18, 2018 15:07:39 GMT
Stop stalking her on social media and go out have fun, start a new hobby, practice a sport, whatever you can do to fill your mind, move your body, meet different people. I know it sounds easy for me saying this from here but I have been there many times. You need to release. Be excited, jump for joy, now you are free to meet someone more compatible with you. Now you have more insight into your own wounds and behaviour. Now you know better what you want and what you don’t want. It’s a reason to celebrate! Imagine how many women are out there in the world. Why fixate in this one? She wasn’t making you feel happy, valued and loved anyway. Thank her (from your heart to hers, no need to contact) for the good times you shared and let go. Wish to others (especially your ‘enemies’) whatever you want to have in your own life. It will come back like a boomerang. Each failed romantic relationship is one or more steps towards a better one.
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Post by scheme00 on May 18, 2018 19:51:57 GMT
Thanks everyone for your responses. I posted this right when I found out so it was pretty fresh and raw. Feeling a bit better now!
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Post by nottheonion on May 19, 2018 1:14:40 GMT
I was surprisingly more hurt than I should be after ending a three-month relationship with my FA ex. I didn’t want anything bad happened to him. I just felt angry. For him treating me the way he did. His fault finding. How things ended. I also didn’t have any prior experience dealing with an extremely insecure guy who hurt my self esteem so much by judging me so badly.
In a way I guess we both need to ask ourselves why we are so hurt by someone we only dated for a few months. I know the intensity of the relationship plays a role too but I feel that i really should’nt have had invested so much so soon.
I didn’t have strong chemistry with him in the first place but I felt the most comfortable with him both emotionally and physically and I hadn’t felt that in a long time. I got sooo excited and anxious as he was so keen to have a relationship with me right from the start. It took me two years to actually find someone who I could date exclusively and I was terrified that it’ll take me another two years to find someone again.
There really isn’t a point for you to compare yourself with her ex husband. If she had completely moved on, you wouldn’t even have to worry about him. The fact that he’s a pro athlete means nothing to your relationship with her. No matter who you meet in the future, there’s always an ex who had a strong bond with them. The min I find out I have to “compete” with that bond, I’ll nope the fuck out.
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Post by leavethelighton on May 25, 2018 1:03:38 GMT
I agree with you but I don’t know what else I can do. I’ve tried all types of therapy. Multiple therapists and even went to do a psychedelic drug to work on this stuff but it hasn’t gone away. Granted this would have made me suicidal a few years ago. Now I’m just sad for a few weeks. Unfortunately I don’t think there will ever be a way for me to heal these deep rooted abandonment issues. Scheme00, that sounds like tons of progress to me! It would have made you suicidal and now you're just sad for a few weeks-- that's awesome progress. I bet you'll find even more progress in these regards as life goes on (not that it's always a linear process, but still).
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